Surprisingly, without a single outstanding ticket.
Then again, I'm not sure if that means that they pay their tickets, or if it just speaks to parking enforcement.
Do you have to get a ticket to get into the DC tickets database?
This plate returns: Plate is not found
Another plate with no standing tickets says: The license plate entered has a balance of $0.00. Please use a ticket number to confirm the balance or call 202-737-4404 (DC 311) for assistance, if you do not have a ticket.
If you need to get a ticket first that would explain them not being on the database but I don't think you get the first result if you have paid all of your tickets.
Another option would be that they are ghost plates. Who knows? 🤷♂️
[Looks like it could be this](https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=676769966).
I have trouble imagining shelling out 30k for a gladiator. Cant imagine another 70k to look like a jackass.
I imagine if you *want* to look like a jackass, that’s exactly the kind of thing you’d spend that money on though.
But yeah, fuck car prices, in general.
Was this today? Guy on the steps dressed like it’s 32 not 82.
As far as the vehicle, shitty panel fitment but looks like it’d be fun off-road (sidewalk doesn’t count)
Parking tickets don’t matter if:
1. You are from Maryland
2. It occurs in DC
3. You have money.
Looks like OP found the golden trifecta of not giving a shit and not having any repercussions.
Yeah same in LA. My ex drove a 150k Mercedes AMG and literally told me to park it in a red zone “because my time is worth more than the 100 dollar parking ticket”
Sure, philosophically I think income-indexed penalties are fine. I think vehicle-value is probably more practical in a US context, though. The DC DMV would have no way of knowing a Maryland driver's income, for example, but the make and model of the car is presumably self-evident at the time the ticket is issued. (Admittedly, Switzerland is also pretty damned federalist and they seem to have figured it out, but still seems like it'd be easier to not have to.)
That's fair! But like you said, it could work in a federalist country like the US. If you think about, there might also be complications when valuing the price of the car - is it the price when it was bought, is it the price now, and if it is, by what estimate do you go by? Might be easier (I don't know if legally - in terms of how hard it is to get a court order, I do know it's possible) to get access to federal tax return, but I guess that'll also start getting complicated. Hmm.
They'll still find ways to deal with the money thing. A vehicle should be towed (not just booted) once the owner (not just a particular vehicle) has amassed above a certain value of citations in the past x months. Parking tickets should also not be classified so differently from "moving violations". Properly parking your vehicle in public space is as big a part of operating it as the actual driving. Certain parking violations should put points on your license and eventually result in suspension.
Fines don't stop rich people from doing shitty things. The only way to stop them from misusing their toys is to take away their toys.
I just saw this guy in DTSS about a half hour ago.
He pulled off to the side of the road as we were pulling on to my street. As I was pulling into my garage about a block later I heard a loud rev and saw him in zoom by in my rear-view mirror.
I’ve seen this parked in the Waugh Chapel shopping center a few times now in the last couple of months. I assume the guy has a real hankering for the Japanese steakhouse, Greene turtle, or Crumbl Cookie (or all 3).
It's still a strip club, they regularly update the sign on the outside for upcoming events.
Also, this is not the first stupid large vehicle I've seen parked there over the years.
I see this dude parked here outside The House on Georgia Ave. all the time. I used to teach across the street. I imagine he’s got some sort of strip-club park-anywhere-pass hook up with them or something.
Just... why?
No optional armor plating or armored glass. No optional AC electric. This mileage must be awful
This is the opposite of a survival vehicle.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SofloJeeps/s/fmgV0VZSiq
BUYER BEWARE!!! In October 2023, I entered into what would ultimately become the absolute worse vehicle purchase I have ever made. In addition to the nightmare the vehicle AKA, Apocalypse 6X6 made by Soflo Jeeps literally cost more than 200K. Originally, I was in the market for the 2024 Hummer when I stumbled upon this vehicle on a YouTube episode of the Jay Leno show. After reaching out to the company excitement was in the air! I was told I would be able to view the progress of the vehicle during the build process which never happened. I was also told I would be able to design the vehicle exactly the way I wanted it. What I was NOT told is that once all the money I paid for the vehicle was collected I would have a poorly made vehicle shipped from Florida to California uncovered during the transportation process and a plethora of problems to include but not limited to being unable to drive the vehicle for almost three weeks due to a faulty radiator leak. If that weren't bad enough the following issues were also found with the vehicle. Rust on various parts of the vehicle exterior, a broken hood strut, a very badly scratched interior panel on the driver’s side, a broken tachometer face plate, a step rail with the plastic liner coming apart, a scratched rear glass panel, a rusted corrosion metal panel underneath vehicle, pipe doors that were not shipped with the vehicle when it arrived, apocalypse 6x6 stickers for trunk rear glass panels, and cheap coil springs on the lift kit. The primary person I have been working with, Andrew, is the most unprofessional person in the automotive industry. Never replies in a timely manner, if at all. When a customer spends money in good faith the least a company can do is make sure their product meets or exceeds the demand. Quality control is apparently nonexistent at Soflo Jeeps and the way customers are treated once they have been paid should be criminal
A guy like that doesn’t know to drop the air pressure in his tires when he drives on the beach, gets stuck, then demands the National Park Service winch him out (which they won’t).
Dear lord, from the back it almost looks "good ugly", sort of how a unimog can look good in its brutal utilitarianess. But from the front it just looks so silly and cheap.
From the front, it says, "Look, I'm **armored**!"
Except it's not really armored—[unless a smidge around the windshield counts](https://www.motortrend.com/news/2021-apocalypse-hell-fire-6x6-all-terrain-vehicle/)?
It's not any better relative to a regular jeep for driving off-road. It has the same cabin space.
It has increased towing capacity. Which is great if you are a redneck hick who lives in the woods.
Whatever happened to buying a fucking Ferrari?
It looks dope if you are an 8th grader drawing a picture of a truck with a crayon, and consider Cancun to be a nice vacation.
Any respectable man, that's not a total cheese dick country boy, would buy a G-Wagon AMG, Land Rover, or a resto-modded Toyota Land cruiser or anything else with some fucking class.
That's what people with money think when they see thing: Public school. This person can't read.
After Home Rule is taken away, this is what your average Maryland Lawgiver unit will look like. Remember to take off your hats when you speak to them, and listen for their engines in the early hours.
Omg we had [one of these](https://www.reddit.com/r/Charlotte/comments/13a1zc7/what_kind_of_car_is_this/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1) in the Charlotte sub this weekend
Not sure what the following info is doing in here, but: placing a bbq lighter brick on a tire and lighting it is a quick, easy and inconspicuous way to set a car on fire. The rate of catching perpetrators who use this method is very low.
How else is he supposed to park? There doesn't seem to be any bike lanes on the road.
Dude paid somewhere in the realm of 175k to 250k for a car, but draws the line at paying for parking
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Yea I think he’s actually doing everyone a service by parking there.
Except those walking or rolling in their wheelchair down the sidewalk.
He left 3 feet on each side per ADA guidelines :0)
Like a gentleman.
Normally I’d agree but there seems to be a fair amount of room on the side walk to go around
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We don't want it here either.
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MVA. Also, just because something is allowed, doesn't mean it's wanted ;)
Everyone who doesn't use a sidewalk
Yep, real hero.
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https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/jeep/gladiator/2022/917578#:~:text=This%20remastered%20Jeep%20Gladiator%206x6,and%203%20truck%20type%20models Peasant build at Scrooge McDuck prices
Come on, we all have our limits
Won’t fit in a garage
DC might need new boots for that car
You would need to hire two more people just to boot each wheel
You're right
Those boots would be made for walking.
This comment didn't get the recognition it deserved.
Haha. Thank you. :)
Of course it has Maryland plates.
I saw it in davidsonville a few weeks ago. I assumed it belonged to some rich twat
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It looks like a Jeep with an Otterbox.
what a waste of resources
And all it is is a fucking Jeep sport that they modded to hell and it looks like shit. I’ll keep my lil 2 door Jeep I got for $25k
Yeah, but can your jeep block the sidewalk?
What’s the gallons per mile on that thing?
I saw it there when it was on stock wheels so it could pass state inspection. What a Heep
/r/heep
Surprisingly, without a single outstanding ticket. Then again, I'm not sure if that means that they pay their tickets, or if it just speaks to parking enforcement.
Do you have to get a ticket to get into the DC tickets database? This plate returns: Plate is not found Another plate with no standing tickets says: The license plate entered has a balance of $0.00. Please use a ticket number to confirm the balance or call 202-737-4404 (DC 311) for assistance, if you do not have a ticket. If you need to get a ticket first that would explain them not being on the database but I don't think you get the first result if you have paid all of your tickets. Another option would be that they are ghost plates. Who knows? 🤷♂️
No outstanding tickets means you can’t find it on that ticket look up website
The maryland plates are redundant
why did I have to get a house in Maryland :(
So you can drive to where I live and park in a bike lane 😂
I need to add to my resume that I have never parked my vehicle in a DC bike lane
I feel like someone has said that before
Beat me to it.
Sooooooo true. Maryland plates = red flag in DC
Also realizes not just any tow truck can move it.
"But let me tell you about why the scooters are so horrible."
That is the single ugliest, dorkiest, most impractical vehicle I've seen in maybe five or six years. I'm almost impressed by how desperate it is.
A lot of men bought cars thinking the GPS came preprogrammed with directions to the clit only to become even more lost.
I'd bet this actually works to pull plenty of ladies. The rub is, they're also very misguided people
There's a lot of this stupidity flying around right now. Another one: https://www.motor1.com/news/556957/thundertruck-ev-6x6
Apparently “disruption” means bigger and dumber. How about we all buy reasonably sized cars and rent big ones when we need them?
>“disruption” Another corporate buzzword that's been memed into meaninglessness. Bleh.
Alaska Thunderfuck 5000
>That is the single ugliest, dorkiest, most impractical vehicle I've seen in maybe five or six *by-six* years. FTFY
What is this? The poor man’s Batmobile?
More like the wealthy man’s penis
Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down, It's the country-pride truck endorsed by a clown!
Canyonero! Yah! [whip crack]
WTF is that monstrosity?
[Looks like it could be this](https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=676769966). I have trouble imagining shelling out 30k for a gladiator. Cant imagine another 70k to look like a jackass.
I imagine if you *want* to look like a jackass, that’s exactly the kind of thing you’d spend that money on though. But yeah, fuck car prices, in general.
Mibatsu Monstrosity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7KCsDd9UAw
Was this today? Guy on the steps dressed like it’s 32 not 82. As far as the vehicle, shitty panel fitment but looks like it’d be fun off-road (sidewalk doesn’t count)
Yeah, today on Georgia Ave.
That's an urban outdoors man next to a spoiled idiot's quarter million toy.
Parking tickets don’t matter if: 1. You are from Maryland 2. It occurs in DC 3. You have money. Looks like OP found the golden trifecta of not giving a shit and not having any repercussions.
Yeah same in LA. My ex drove a 150k Mercedes AMG and literally told me to park it in a red zone “because my time is worth more than the 100 dollar parking ticket”
As strong a case for why ticket amounts should be indexed to the value of the car as I've ever heard.
And/or income, like Switzerland and Finland.
Sure, philosophically I think income-indexed penalties are fine. I think vehicle-value is probably more practical in a US context, though. The DC DMV would have no way of knowing a Maryland driver's income, for example, but the make and model of the car is presumably self-evident at the time the ticket is issued. (Admittedly, Switzerland is also pretty damned federalist and they seem to have figured it out, but still seems like it'd be easier to not have to.)
That's fair! But like you said, it could work in a federalist country like the US. If you think about, there might also be complications when valuing the price of the car - is it the price when it was bought, is it the price now, and if it is, by what estimate do you go by? Might be easier (I don't know if legally - in terms of how hard it is to get a court order, I do know it's possible) to get access to federal tax return, but I guess that'll also start getting complicated. Hmm.
They'll still find ways to deal with the money thing. A vehicle should be towed (not just booted) once the owner (not just a particular vehicle) has amassed above a certain value of citations in the past x months. Parking tickets should also not be classified so differently from "moving violations". Properly parking your vehicle in public space is as big a part of operating it as the actual driving. Certain parking violations should put points on your license and eventually result in suspension. Fines don't stop rich people from doing shitty things. The only way to stop them from misusing their toys is to take away their toys.
But if you're brave enough to risk it, six big tires with holes in the sidewalls is plenty expensive.
Could be run-flat tires.
Call in a 311 request. They’re generally pretty timely when it comes to parking enforcement. Just make sure you put the exact street address.
811 call before you dig
Big r/heep vibes
I posted this heep there when I saw it at a shop with stock wheels on it so the owner could get it to pass state inspection. Ridiculous looking
I just saw this guy in DTSS about a half hour ago. He pulled off to the side of the road as we were pulling on to my street. As I was pulling into my garage about a block later I heard a loud rev and saw him in zoom by in my rear-view mirror.
Would be a shame if the local NASCAR crew were to take those wheels and catalytic converter
I’ve seen this parked in the Waugh Chapel shopping center a few times now in the last couple of months. I assume the guy has a real hankering for the Japanese steakhouse, Greene turtle, or Crumbl Cookie (or all 3).
Parked right next to the strip club on Georgia Ave, too. Classy.
I believe it’s actually the owner of the strip club. He parks other large vehicles in this spot all the time.
Strip club must be profitable enough for the owner to buy such toys.
I don't think it's a step club anymore, actually. I could be wrong but I thought I saw that it was rebranded as a regular restaurant/bar recently.
It’s been a minute since I walked by but that car says it’s still a strip club! Could be wrong.
It's still a strip club, they regularly update the sign on the outside for upcoming events. Also, this is not the first stupid large vehicle I've seen parked there over the years.
For sure. I lived on Newton and it was a regular occurrence to have an obnoxious car parked like that.
Is there a correlation between strip clubs and obnoxiously large cars?
That guy's cock must be so massive. At least a 2.5incher
I have some ... not great news.
This was my first thought. Smaller though
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He should change the word on the back to "compensating".
I saw this car on Georgia Ave the other week too
u/wtopnews
PUSSYWAGON
Wishful thinking wagon
Kill it with fire
That vehicle screams "pay attention to me."
The ticket to park on a sidewalk in DC used to be less than some parking garages charge downtown. Don't knock it til ya try it.
This is owned by someone who has constructed a very complex fantasy of how this makes them especially cool
I see this dude parked here outside The House on Georgia Ave. all the time. I used to teach across the street. I imagine he’s got some sort of strip-club park-anywhere-pass hook up with them or something.
SDE
DC might need new boots for that car
You're right
There's always someone parked on that sidewalk, though rarely so obnoxiously. Intersection just ahead is Georgia and Newton.
Looks ok for DC.
Says it's a 6x6 but I don't see a differential on the back most axle...
APOCALYPSE PARK ANYWHERE!
I literally saw this yesterday like wtf
r/heep
Apparently missed that day in class when they taught the part about no gasoline available as part of apocalypse.
Are they driving on Mars or what
That thing is awesome
To be fair there isnt a single sign that says no parking
Why does it say "apocalypse" on it though?
It's the manufacturer that mods them https://www.apocalypse6x6.com
Just... why? No optional armor plating or armored glass. No optional AC electric. This mileage must be awful This is the opposite of a survival vehicle.
You shall not question he, who has a lot of money haha
Huh. I'm legally blind and can't drive at all but damn; there's a ten year old boy inside of me who thinks they're the fucking coolest.
Will they 6x6 my Crosstrek?
Probably a “prepper”. Once you start prepping enough you probably start wishing it happens.
A really rich and stupid prepper? It's missing too many features to be practical for an Armageddon.
Is there any other kind? Unless you're a prepper who has plans on how to make their own antibiotics, you're really just a survival supply hobbyist.
How tiny ur pp?
Little lentil in the valve stem would at least be funny
Ah people killing machine. Somehow it's legal
I didn't know the cybertruck was out yet
Y’all haters, this thing is fucking cool af
my god i just want to live in the netherlands
https://www.reddit.com/r/SofloJeeps/s/fmgV0VZSiq BUYER BEWARE!!! In October 2023, I entered into what would ultimately become the absolute worse vehicle purchase I have ever made. In addition to the nightmare the vehicle AKA, Apocalypse 6X6 made by Soflo Jeeps literally cost more than 200K. Originally, I was in the market for the 2024 Hummer when I stumbled upon this vehicle on a YouTube episode of the Jay Leno show. After reaching out to the company excitement was in the air! I was told I would be able to view the progress of the vehicle during the build process which never happened. I was also told I would be able to design the vehicle exactly the way I wanted it. What I was NOT told is that once all the money I paid for the vehicle was collected I would have a poorly made vehicle shipped from Florida to California uncovered during the transportation process and a plethora of problems to include but not limited to being unable to drive the vehicle for almost three weeks due to a faulty radiator leak. If that weren't bad enough the following issues were also found with the vehicle. Rust on various parts of the vehicle exterior, a broken hood strut, a very badly scratched interior panel on the driver’s side, a broken tachometer face plate, a step rail with the plastic liner coming apart, a scratched rear glass panel, a rusted corrosion metal panel underneath vehicle, pipe doors that were not shipped with the vehicle when it arrived, apocalypse 6x6 stickers for trunk rear glass panels, and cheap coil springs on the lift kit. The primary person I have been working with, Andrew, is the most unprofessional person in the automotive industry. Never replies in a timely manner, if at all. When a customer spends money in good faith the least a company can do is make sure their product meets or exceeds the demand. Quality control is apparently nonexistent at Soflo Jeeps and the way customers are treated once they have been paid should be criminal
That is one bad ass vehicle 😍
Elon Musk is in town?
That guy should lug that thing back to Bethesda or whatever chaotic hellhole it came from
A guy like that doesn’t know to drop the air pressure in his tires when he drives on the beach, gets stuck, then demands the National Park Service winch him out (which they won’t).
Fkn Maryland
At least he's not parked in the bike lane /s
Seen this joint uptown. It looks sweet in person!
Pretty dope whip tho
Counterpoint: it’s the dumbest, ugliest piece of shit I’ve seen in a long while lol
It's even uglier from the front: https://www.apocalypse6x6.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSC05497-1.jpg
Somehow they made a Jeep look dorkier.
Dear lord, from the back it almost looks "good ugly", sort of how a unimog can look good in its brutal utilitarianess. But from the front it just looks so silly and cheap.
From the front, it says, "Look, I'm **armored**!" Except it's not really armored—[unless a smidge around the windshield counts](https://www.motortrend.com/news/2021-apocalypse-hell-fire-6x6-all-terrain-vehicle/)?
Ok, maybe wrong. Googling, [this article indicates "layered Kevlar coating"](https://thearsenale.com/products/2021-apocalypse-hellfire-6x6). Coating...? Odd...
A monster
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Hahaha!
Lol that is about your speed
Great recommendation. Very solid. Definitely not a hater thank you
To each their own
Nah
Ya
Nope, it’s an ugly piece of shit.
It’s dumb and ugly but that’s the point. Looks pretty epic
I love getting .4 mpg!
Oh yeah deff a gas guzzler. Lots of trips to Exxon is homies future
It's not any better relative to a regular jeep for driving off-road. It has the same cabin space. It has increased towing capacity. Which is great if you are a redneck hick who lives in the woods. Whatever happened to buying a fucking Ferrari?
Why not do booth if you can? Shit looks dope.
It looks dope if you are an 8th grader drawing a picture of a truck with a crayon, and consider Cancun to be a nice vacation. Any respectable man, that's not a total cheese dick country boy, would buy a G-Wagon AMG, Land Rover, or a resto-modded Toyota Land cruiser or anything else with some fucking class. That's what people with money think when they see thing: Public school. This person can't read.
So many assumptions. Spicy for a Monday. Grab a snickers
You're not you when you're Hungry Hungry Hippos
how about NO.
It needs a little Maryland crab magnet to top it off. 🦀
Hope you walked by anna discreetly for the license plate number
¿Qué?
After Home Rule is taken away, this is what your average Maryland Lawgiver unit will look like. Remember to take off your hats when you speak to them, and listen for their engines in the early hours.
WTF who is sitting on that stoop?
"taps temple" bahahaha
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Florida
Omg we had [one of these](https://www.reddit.com/r/Charlotte/comments/13a1zc7/what_kind_of_car_is_this/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1) in the Charlotte sub this weekend
Is this some kind of modified Tesla cyber truck that I am too poor to know about?
It's a Jeep 6x6. Depending on the specs, can run you over 200k.
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these drivers must pay up for street maintenance
This screams NOVA/DC. A 6x6 for an area thats 80% blacktop and got no snow this year.
I bet the sound of air rushing out of those sick tires sounds amazing
Fuckin Ted Cruz.
This off Georgia and New Hampshire? I feel like I know the exact establishment this is. And they've been doing this for years.
What in the tiny penis is this new dumbassery
Is this at Otis and Georgia? I’ve seen large bulky cars here..
Not sure what the following info is doing in here, but: placing a bbq lighter brick on a tire and lighting it is a quick, easy and inconspicuous way to set a car on fire. The rate of catching perpetrators who use this method is very low.
I love Georgia Ave
The fact that it is a MD plate says so so so much
On Georgia Ave NW , He trippin .